domination

\dɔ.mi.na.sjɔ̃\

/\dɔ.mi.na.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“domination” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,483. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,483
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de dominer par la puissance ou l’autorité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-domination · domination · French

domination · rank #4,483 · 14 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,483
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH devront

Nearest frequency peer: devront (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « domination »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « domination » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

domination vs donation
80% similar
domination vs dominion
80% similar
domination vs damnation
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for domination
PropertyValue
Headworddomination
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɔ.mi.na.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#4,483
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « domination »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).dominationse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « devront » (#4,482), « DVD » (#4,484), « danser » (#4,481). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « domination » est au #4,483. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around domination (IPA \dɔ.mi.na.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,483 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for domination, with forms such as "ddomination", "dmoination", and "doimnation". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "donation", "dominion", "damnation", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is domination, spelled D-O-M-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de dominer par la puissance ou l’autorité.
  2. 2
    Rapport de pouvoir ou de suprématie exercé par un État, un empire, une classe ou un groupe sur un autre.
  3. 3
    Concept désignant une relation de pouvoir institutionnalisée et légitimée, théorisé notamment par Max Weber (domination traditionnelle, domination charismatique, domination rationnelle-légale).
  4. 4
    Jeu où un partenaire domine l’autre.
  5. 5
    Un des ordres de la hiérarchie des anges.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how domination appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. D’origine berbère ou carthaginoise, elle passa successivement sous la domination romaine, vandale, byzantine et arabe.
  2. L’oligarchie britannique rêva un jour la domination des mers, […]. Elle saisit, inventa, provoqua toutes les occasions de faire la guerre aux puissances maritimes, à l’Espagne, au Portugal, à la France, à la Hollande.

This word in other languages

domination(English)dominación(Español)Herrschaft(Deutsch)domínio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddomination
  • dmoination
  • doimnation
  • domiantion
  • dominaiton
  • dominatino
  • dominationn
  • dominatoin
  • dominattion
  • dominnation
  • domintaion
  • dommination
  • domniation
  • odmination

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of domination - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddomination1dmoination2doimnation2domiantion2dominaiton2dominatino2dominationn1dominatoin2
Edit distance from "domination"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "domination"?
"domination" is spelled D-O-M-I-N-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \dɔ.mi.na.sjɔ̃\.
What does "domination" mean?
As a noun, "domination" means: Action de dominer par la puissance ou l’autorité.
What words are commonly confused with "domination"?
"domination" is commonly confused with "donation", "dominion", "damnation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "domination"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "domination" is \dɔ.mi.na.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "domination" come from?
"domination" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "domination", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

motivation#4,512proportion#4,522présentant#4,523recommande#4,524

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

constante14 variantscommerciaux14 variantsremporter14 variantsquébécoise14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list